Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Reed

Thomas E. Reed has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Pendulous oscillating gyroscopic and accelerometer multisensor and amplitude oscillating gyroscope
    Patent number: 5712426
    Abstract: A pendulous oscillating gyroscope and accelerometer multisensor having an accelerometer input axis and a gyroscopic input axis, comprising: a fixed case; a servo driven member mounted to the case for sinusoidal oscillation about an accelerometer servo axis which is the same as the gyroscopic input axis; a torque summing member mounted to the servo driven member to allow rotational motion about an output axis transverse to the servo axis; a rotor driven member mounted to the torque summing member for sinusoidal oscillation about a reference axis transverse to both the output axis and the servo axis; and a pendulosity carried by at least one of the torque summing member and the rotor driven member to create a mass imbalance about an output axis, in which pendulosity torque due to acceleration along the accelerometer input axis causes a DC rotation of the torque summing member about the output axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: Milli Sensory Systems and Actuators, Inc.
    Inventors: Michele S. Sapuppo, Thomas E. Reed, Donato Cardarelli